Van Nistelrooy Masterclass & Bittersweet Weekend for Barcelona

kinaldo

I never really liked him at Man Utd but it looks like Madrid have got themselves a bargain. Last night he obliterated Osasuna with 4 classic predatory finishes as well as having another disallowed, taking his goal tally for the season to 11. His fourth was particularly special by his standards.

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Meanwhile, Barcelona suffered a major blow with news that Messi will be accompanying Eto'o on the sidelines for 3 months thanks to a broken metatarsal.

On a more positive note for them, at least Ronaldinho seems to be regaining some form. At 1-0 down to high flying Zaragoza he turned on the magic by scoring a rare header and sensational freekick. He was then denied a hatrick when another freekick hit the bar in injury time, but Saviola was on hand to make it 3-1 and take them back to the top of La Liga.

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Van Nistelrooy, Ronaldinho, Kanoute, and Milito (who was sent off at the Nou Camp) are now joint top scorers in the division with 8 goals apiece.

MrJoeSoap

Two of Ruud's goals were almost outside the box! Whats going on?

kinaldo

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Two of Ruud's goals were almost outside the box! Whats going on?

I know, it's mad! He did actually score from outside the box in their 4-1 away win against Levante when he got another hat-trick.

sofireland

He's always been a great goalscorer, and he's just proving that he can do it anywhere... Holland, England then Spain

Real did indeed get a bargain, but there was no way he'd have stayed another season at united.

I miss him, but looking at how united play now, i think we don't miss him as much. Goals are going in all over the pitch at the minute.

He'll always be a red legend in my opinion, its a shame that it went sour

wheres me jumpa

Hats off to Ruud, I honestly thought he had lost a small bit of the class he had at United, clearly not. His third goal was a beauty.

PHB

Ruud, amazing player, love him. Great to see him do well. Hope Real draw United in the CL so we can give him a proper send off, he deserves it.

Nalz

PHB wrote:

Ruud, amazing player, love him. Great to see him do well. Hope Real draw United in the CL so we can give him a proper send off, he deserves it.

would be interesting that, the way Rio is playing and how well Vidic is doing...would be great game and brilliant tv. Still havta do a job against Celtic and Benfica though

bucks73

Always was and still is a world class finisher.

APM

Barca also have Saviola out injured for a couple of weeks, along with Maxi Lopez out on loan at Mallorca. Options are in short supply.

Third_Echelon

Yeah ruud is a class act. Harshly treated by Man United i think. Even though I'm a barca fan, i'm glad to see him doing well for Real...

Barca's striking options are getting thin.... They'll have to go with Ronaldinho, Gudjohnsen and Guily I reckon...

MrJoeSoap

Third_Echelon wrote:

Even though I'm a barca fan, i'm glad to see him doing well for Real...

Why? Didn't he score against Barcelona this season?

Third_Echelon

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Why? Didn't he score against Barcelona this season?

He sure did. Real deserved to win that game. Barca weren't at the races at all that day.....

I just think he's a class act. I liked him at Man.Utd and I think he was harshly treated by Alex Ferguson. By him proving himself again in another league it just makes Alex Ferguson look stupid, which is always nice to see

tomED

sofireland wrote:

He's always been a great goalscorer, and he's just proving that he can do it anywhere... Holland, England then Spain

Real did indeed get a bargain, but there was no way he'd have stayed another season at united.

I miss him, but looking at how united play now, i think we don't miss him as much. Goals are going in all over the pitch at the minute.

He'll always be a red legend in my opinion, its a shame that it went sour

Absolutely, one of the greatest strikers United ever had.

I don't think Louis Saha has the same touch of class that he has and don't think he ever will.

But I suppose it shows that when we play like we are playing now, we don't need him. It hurts me to say it cause I miss him!!!

kinaldo

Here's a good roundup of all the weekend's goals from the Spanish Primera Division:

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kinaldo

APM wrote:

Barca also have Saviola out injured for a couple of weeks, along with Maxi Lopez out on loan at Mallorca. Options are in short supply.

I heard Saviola is expected to be out for up to 6 weeks.

Things are getting pretty desperate for Barca now, they're being linked with a loan move to bring back Henrik Larsson